Apitong came on the new lowboy trailer I got in 1999. The teeth on the wheels of a soil compactor would break 2.5" thick oak boards like toothpicks, But wouldn't dent the Apitong.

Apitong is extremely tough, and extremely heavy 45 to 50 lb/ft 3. Apitong wood has higher fiber strength than any domestic structural wood, is long straight grained, and mostly knot free. Unfortunately it's also very expensive but nothing is going to hold up like it.

Apitong is extremely tough, and extremely heavy 45 to 50 lb/ft 3. Apitong wood has higher fiber strength than any domestic structural wood, is long straight grained, and mostly knot free. Unfortunately it's also very expensive but nothing is going to hold up like it.

IPE (eepay) is about the same. Weyerhauser i beleve sells it and they are locationsl all over the US There called iron wood.

IPE (eepay) is about the same. Weyerhauser i beleve sells it and they are locationsl all over the US There called iron wood.

Either one would be better than a normal hardwood. If the trailers are never going to haul any concentrated loads, i.e. coils or machinery or driving a forklift on it you might get by. But if you go cheap chances are your going to be replacing it again later. A friend tried oak on a small goose neck trailer and a diesel pickup truck with a front weight box broke the floor on it.

I have heard that Osage Orange is very pest and rot resistant. It is used for fencing out west as it used to be cheap and very durable.
I know it hard as hell too! I've turned a few pens out of it, the stuff dulls blades very quickly but polishes up real nice!